Wu Tianming

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Wu Tianming

Born	October 19, 1939 (1939-10-19) (age 68) Shaanxi, China
Occupation	Director, Film producer

Wu Tianming (simplified Chinese: 吴天明; traditional Chinese: 吳天明; pinyin: Wú Tiānmíng) (born October 19, 1939) is a Chinese film director.

Born in Shaanxi Province, China, Wu Tianming attended the Beijing Film Academy, majoring in directing before the Cultural Revolution. As part of China's Fourth Generation filmmakers, his style is heavily influenced by his studies in Soviet Social Realism, telling realistic stories in a realistic manner.^{[citation needed]}

Wu was the head of China's renowned Xi'an Studio from the beginning of 1984, until political differences forced him to flee to the United States in 1989. Because of his position as the studio head and his oversight of such widely known "Fifth Generation" directors as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, he is sometimes referred to as the "Godfather of the Fifth Generation."^{[citation needed]}

Wu returned to China from his U.S. exile in 1994, and is currently working in the Chinese film and television industry.

He gives himself a small speaking cameo in all of his films.

Filmography

Year	English Title	Chinese Title
1979	Reverberations of Life	生活的颤音
1980	Kith and Kin	亲缘
1984	River Without Buoys	没有航标的河流
1984	Life	人生
1986	Old Well	老井
1996	The King of Masks	变脸
1998	An Unusual Love	世界
2002	C.E.O.

External links

Wu Tianming at the Internet Movie Database
Wu Tianming at the Chinese Movie Database
Wu Tianming Profile at chinaculture.org

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